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Topic: Touch-Screen MDs (Read 1671 times)

I've been doing some research into MDs for places like the kitchen and possibly the kids bedrooms. I had the idea that having a touch-screen on the MD itself may well be good in these areas, so have been doing a bit of googling around.

I found some interesting devices here http://www.elotouch.com/Products/Computers/default.asp which are designed for kiosk / POS applications but looked like they might make nice self-contained units. Has anyone got any experience of devices like these? I searched the wiki but couldn't find anything....

I've been doing some research into MDs for places like the kitchen and possibly the kids bedrooms. I had the idea that having a touch-screen on the MD itself may well be good in these areas, so have been doing a bit of googling around.

I found some interesting devices here http://www.elotouch.com/Products/Computers/default.asp which are designed for kiosk / POS applications but looked like they might make nice self-contained units. Has anyone got any experience of devices like these? I searched the wiki but couldn't find anything....

TIA

The specs for these units looks broadly fine... but the pricing will be incredibly hight as they are targeted at commercial kiosk installers/developers and other industrial markets.

I found some interesting devices here http://www.elotouch.com/Products/Computers/default.asp which are designed for kiosk / POS applications but looked like they might make nice self-contained units. Has anyone got any experience of devices like these? I searched the wiki but couldn't find anything....

Yep, I'm, looking for the tochscreen on the MD, rather than an additional device (orbiter). This is for places like the kitchen, where I don't want the additional clutter (or, to be fair, expense!)

Simon,

Usefull stuff, thanks! I'm looking at the hardware at the moment - what integrated devices are out there. Ideally, I just want a box that I can fix on the wall with an Ethernet cable and a power cable going to it. Obviously, you have been here already, but are there other (cheaper?) options out there?

Once I find the appropriate hardware, I'm gonna need all the help I can get getting it working - if the ELO unit wins, then it's good to see someone else has already done the leg-work!

Check out EEE Top, http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_Eee_Top. Its perfect for a kitchen/study/basement MD. I am seriously thinking of buying it, but price here in Croatia is enormously high, around 800$, while on ebay You can get it for around 499$.